Joseph cook



(No Model.)

J. COOK. DEVIGE FOR CLOSING THE LIDS OF BOXES.

No. 374,584. Patented Dec. 13, 1887.

. FICA.

. of Boxes and r-ately a U IT D; STATES PATENT O FI E.

;j.TosE.rrl oooK-,or-BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OF WARWICK, ENGLAND. I

zoevice For: CLOSING THE uosor Boxes.

dated Decembef13,188'l. No. 0,559.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,584,

Application flled niy 11, 1887. Serial No. 14*;039. (No model.) Tatented in England May 4, 1881,

To alZ whom it may concern: snfliciently Be it known that I, Josnrn Ooox, of Birmingham, inthe county of Warwick, England, manufacturer, and a subject of the Queen of Great-Britain, have invented a'certain new and useful Improved Device for Closing the Lids other Such Like Articles, (patented in Great-Britain May 4, 1887, No. 6,559,) and I do hereby declare that the following is a suflicient description of theinvention to enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to carry the same into practical efiect.

This invention has for its object an improved device for closing the lids of boxes and other as not'to impede the view. Fig. 5 is asection on line D E, showing the mode of attaching the device A to the box B.

It will be seen that the lid 0 ishinged to the box B at c by the block of metal a, which is such like articles, by which great strength and compactness are combined with remarkable formed with-the hollow or recess c", in which efficiency and simplicity in construction. the point a of the hook works. This block 0 is soldered or otherwise fastened inside the lid, or formed in any convenient manner-- strongly'as'a part of the lid. The device A 7 0 consists' of be, a, with the The invention is specially applicable to such small articles as pocket match-boxes, and lain it as applied thereto. the lid of the box so as to have either in combination with the hinge or sepablock of metal formed like a blunt hook, and so secured thereto as to hang over the inner edge of the box when closed; but when open it stands either in a line therewith or slightly outside the line. Inside the body mount a tube or case containing a spiral spring, through which a rod passes,having a stop or piston at the bottom, so that the spring is incased between the piston or stop and an inner ledge at the topof the tube or case. This rod continues upward and finishes with a hook, either slotted or solid, which is cranked to pass over the rounded nose of the lid, so that when the lid is opened the cranked part of the nose of the rod thereofstill retains its hold upon the nose upon the lid.- The action is peculiar, for while thelidis held firmly a part casing or tu horns a ,and a, which go behind corresponding projections, b and b, which are a part of or soldered or fastened to the inside of the box B; or the tube or casing A may be simply soldered to the box B; but I prefer the former, because the device may be manufactured separately, and added to or removed from the box at any time. The point a of thehook is united to the stem or rod of through the bent sides a, which leaves the hollow or hole a", in which the block 0 works. or fast top end, a, against which the. spring a abuts, and the rod a passes through the end a loosely and through the spring, the bottom with an enlargement, or. The action is as follows: When the lid Ais open, the point a of the book a bears in the hollow or recess 0 or the block a" at a point slightly to the left of pivot c, or in-such a position as to tend and steadily open immediately it commences to close, the leverage upon the nose increases tohold thelid open. Now, immediately thelid. as it travels, and the lid is closed with a powis pressed over by the fingers in the direction the box is quite closed, as seen at Fig. 3. By for the lid to gape erful pull and so held. This device takes but little room inside, and is certain and lasting in its action.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into practice, I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings, showing the invention applied to a principle this means the tendency open a little is avoided.

the device A 55 butwith a portion of the lid 0 broken off, so 60 ay v4.5a;

What I claim, the is- In testimony that I claim the foregoing an In combination with the box B and pivotod' my own I allix my name in the preaonoo of two 10 C, a block, a, fixodon said cover at its pivwitnesses. otal point and provided with a recess, 0', a

5 isgn-ing attached tocaid box, and a hook which JOSEP 000K nose formed by said recess, aubstantiallyas forth.

retracted by said spring and engages the Witoemen:

Ana-mm MousLE-Y', GEORGE Pawn. 

